Etudes Irlandaises invites submissions for a special issue on"Irish space(s): zones and margins", to be published at the end of2004. The guest editors are Claude Fierobe and Sylvie Mikowski(University of Reims, France).

Etudes Irlandaises invites submissions for a special issue on"Irish space(s): zones and margins", to be published at the end of2004. The guest editors are Claude Fierobe and Sylvie Mikowski(University of Reims, France).

“Ludologica. Videogames d’Autore” is pleased to announce its call forpapers for a book on Sid Meier’s series “Civilization”.

Provisionally titled “Civilization and its discontents. Virtual history.Real fantasies”, this interdisciplinary volume will explore a range oftopics regarding the aesthetics, politics and logic of the simulation,its (v)ideological implications and possible uses for educationalpurposes. The editors are looking for original contributions from avariety of fields, including new media studies, game studies, history,sociology, philosophy, art history, and anthropology.

“Ludologica. Videogames d’Autore” is pleased to announce its call forpapers for a book on Sid Meier’s series “Civilization”.

Provisionally titled “Civilization and its discontents. Virtual history.Real fantasies”, this interdisciplinary volume will explore a range oftopics regarding the aesthetics, politics and logic of the simulation,its (v)ideological implications and possible uses for educationalpurposes. The editors are looking for original contributions from avariety of fields, including new media studies, game studies, history,sociology, philosophy, art history, and anthropology.

_Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal_ invites submissions on thetheory and practice of democracy, including work on the role of civiceducation/civic virtue in democratic practice, religious difference anddemocratic deliberation, radical and non-traditional democracies, and thelimits/failures of democracy.

Please send three copies of your complete manuscript as well as a computerdisk copy (WordPerfect is preferred, but Word is acceptable as well) to:

_Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal_ invites submissions on thetheory and practice of democracy, including work on the role of civiceducation/civic virtue in democratic practice, religious difference anddemocratic deliberation, radical and non-traditional democracies, and thelimits/failures of democracy.

Please send three copies of your complete manuscript as well as a computerdisk copy (WordPerfect is preferred, but Word is acceptable as well) to:

Contributors are sought for a collection of original essays on HanifKureishi's writing and filmmaking. The deadline for 500-word abstracts is10th November 2003. It is intended that the volume should explore each ofthe genres within which Kureishi works (novels, plays, screenplays, films,short stories, essays and music criticism). I am particularly interestedin receiving contributions that take new approaches to his best-knownworks and that explore facets of his oeuvre that have, as yet, receivedlittle critical scrutiny.

Contributors are sought for a collection of original essays on HanifKureishi's writing and filmmaking. The deadline for 500-word abstracts is10th November 2003. It is intended that the volume should explore each ofthe genres within which Kureishi works (novels, plays, screenplays, films,short stories, essays and music criticism). I am particularly interestedin receiving contributions that take new approaches to his best-knownworks and that explore facets of his oeuvre that have, as yet, receivedlittle critical scrutiny.

Contributors are sought for a collection of original essays on HanifKureishi's writing and filmmaking. The deadline for 500-word abstracts is10th November 2003. It is intended that the volume should explore each ofthe genres within which Kureishi works (novels, plays, screenplays, films,short stories, essays and music criticism). I am particularly interestedin receiving contributions that take new approaches to his best-knownworks and that explore facets of his oeuvre that have, as yet, receivedlittle critical scrutiny.

Contributors are sought for a collection of original essays on HanifKureishi's writing and filmmaking. The deadline for 500-word abstracts is10th November 2003. It is intended that the volume should explore each ofthe genres within which Kureishi works (novels, plays, screenplays, films,short stories, essays and music criticism). I am particularly interestedin receiving contributions that take new approaches to his best-knownworks and that explore facets of his oeuvre that have, as yet, receivedlittle critical scrutiny.

The guest editors of Onoma No. 40 invite articles on any aspect of"Literary Onomastics" for possible inclusion in the volume to bepublished in 2005.

Onomastics refers to the study of names, and articles for this volumewill reflect a variety of critical approaches in considering the useand/or function of names in literature. Articles may emphasizespecific critical theories or philosophies of language, themorphology or typology of names, various methods in name study,etymology and symbolism of names in a single work of literature, or acomparison of works.

The Science Fiction Foundation seeks entries for its annual graduateessay prize.£250 will be awarded for the best unpublished essay in science fictioncriticism.The winning entry will be published in the journal 'Foundation'.

The Science Fiction Foundation seeks entries for its annual graduateessay prize.£250 will be awarded for the best unpublished essay in science fictioncriticism.The winning entry will be published in the journal 'Foundation'.

The Science Fiction Foundation seeks entries for its annual graduateessay prize.£250 will be awarded for the best unpublished essay in science fictioncriticism.The winning entry will be published in the journal 'Foundation'.

The deadline for the call for papers for this special issue has beenextended to November 15, 2003.

Call for Papers: The Sounds of Vision: Spectatorship and Aural PerceptionJournal issue

The musical score, dialogue, and sounds of contemporary screen basedproducts of the past ten years have addressed a far more aurallyaware spectator, as demonstrated by the increasing complexities ofstyle and construction of the sound track. What might be some of themethodological approaches that can account for the direction of thespectatorial eye via the ear?

The deadline for the call for papers for this special issue has beenextended to November 15, 2003.

Call for Papers: The Sounds of Vision: Spectatorship and Aural PerceptionJournal issue

The musical score, dialogue, and sounds of contemporary screen basedproducts of the past ten years have addressed a far more aurallyaware spectator, as demonstrated by the increasing complexities ofstyle and construction of the sound track. What might be some of themethodological approaches that can account for the direction of thespectatorial eye via the ear?